Household sifter



E. M. BEC'KMAN.

HOUSEHOLD SIFTER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 13. 1919.

1,345,058. P tented June 29,1920;

UNITED LSTATE PATENT F in. BECKMAN, orcnns'rnnron, INDIV'ANA.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD M. BECK- "MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chesterton, in the county of Porter andState of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Household Sifters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. V

The present invention relates to household Sifters, such as areused for sifting flour and other fine'material, and it is the object of the invention to provide such a sifter having means for holdingthe sifted material and enabling same to be dumped or discharged in a quantity.

It is the object of the invention to provide a sifter having a closure or valve below the sieve or screen for holding the material thereon, and adapted to be turned at will for the discharging of the material, so that the sieve can be set on a table during operation, after which the sieve can be emptied conveniently.

It is also the object to provide such a device which is extremely simple and inex pensive in construction, which can be set on a table or other support with the closure or valve either open or closed, which can be readily repaired, and' which can be kept clean and sanitary.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will be apparent as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides inthe construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed, it being un- V derstood that changes can be-made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

7 The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, whereinz- I Figure .1 is a vertical section of the im proved sifter.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the improved device removed from the sifter proper. The .sifter comprises a vertical cylindrical open ended body 1 having securedtherein a concaved' semi-spherical sieve or screen 2 above which the beater or agitator 3 works, being operated by a crank 4 as usual.

A cylindrical open ended extension 5 is disposed'below the body 1 and is of the same diameter, the abutting ends of said body Specificationof-Le'ttersPatent. Pat nt d 111131 29, 1920. a licati n filed December 13, 1919. serial No. 344,549.

and extension being secured together by solder 6 on the exterior. This solder 6 can be heated and melted conveniently for remov ng the extension 5 when making repalrs;

Disposed within the extension 5 of the body 1 is a circular closure or valve 7 of the butterfly type, and a rod 8' extends through opposite sides ofthe extension 5 at one side of the center over the valve 7. Said to the wall of the extension 5 with its ends 7 terminating adjacent to the rod 8, and av similar member 12 has one flange secured to the wall of the memberat the opposite side v ofthe rod 8 with its ends also terminating ad acent to said rod. "The other flanges of said members extend inwardly and form seats for the wingsof the valve, the heavier against the member 12 as seen in Fig. l.

wing'seating'downwardly on the member 11, and the smaller wing seating upwardly In this position the valve closes the lower" end of the body, so as to support the sifted material therein, and by turning the valve, the material can be discharged.

a The extension 5 of the body extends sufli ciently below the valve to support the sifteron a table or other surface with the valve in 1 either closed or open position, and the rod- 8 is spaced a distance below'the sieve 2 so that when the valve is open and swung to ver-' tical position, the free edge ofthe larger wing will contact with the sieve to hold the valve open.

Repairs can be easily made byloosening the solder 6 for detaching the extension 5,

and by loosening the solder 10, the valve 7 and rod 8 can be removed. V

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. A sifter comprising a body, a sieve within the body, and a butterfly valve mounted within the body below the sieve to swing to a position to close the body and support the sifted material, one wing being engageable with the sieve when thevalve is swung open.

2. A sitter comprising a body having an extension, a sieve within the body, a beater working above the sieve, and a butterfly valve mounted within said extension, one wing of said valve being heavier than the other, and said sieve and valve being arranged for the contact of said wing of the valve with the sieve, when swung upwardly.

3. A sifter comprising a body, an extension secured to the lower end of said body for removal, a sieve within the body, a

beater working above said sieve, a rod ex tending through said extension, and located at one side of the center thereof, a valve within the extension secured to said rod, the larger wing of the valve being swingable V upwardly into engagement with said sieve,

' EDWARD M. BEGKMAN. 

